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Empty elements

Empty elements

Empty or void elements are HTML elements that don’t require a closing tag because they contain no content. They are self-contained, independently complete, and don’t rely on other elements to function. Instead of having separate open and closing tags, empty elements combine both into a single tag, making it easy to add certain types of content to a page.

You can use empty HTML elements to add structure and functionality to web pages, such as embedding images, links, breaks, lists, or metadata.

For example, the break tag <b> does not have an end tag, whereas the paragraph tag <p> must end with the appropriate closing tag </p> to display the content correctly.

Here are a few common empty elements in HTML:

  • <img> embeds an image into the document
  • <embed> inserts external multimedia content like audio and video into the document
  • <break> inserts a line break into the document
  • <link> embeds a hyperlink from the current document to an external source
  • <meta> inserts metadata into the document's code, such as titles, tags, and descriptions.

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